The Adoration Of Jenna Fox Analysis

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In life, people occasionally keep secrets from one another. This secret keeping can be done with bad intentions, but also some good intentions, like to not hurt someone’s feelings. In the book The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson, Jenna’s parents decide to not tell Jenna about what happened to her in her past, after she got in the accident with Kara and Locke. Jenna’s parents secrecy was justified because they intended to protect Jenna from knowing her past so she could live a happier and safer life. When Jenna learned of her past, she felt alienated from her friends. On Jenna’s first day of school, Dane says about Jenna, ”What? We’re supposed to pretend she doesn’t walk funny?”(Pearson 69). Jenna then thinks to herself, “I walk funny?”(Pearson 69). This shows how Jenna felt different from her peers, in that she had strange movements. This later led to Jenna to develop insecurities about the way she walked and moved compared to everyone else. Because Jenna knew that she was different from her peers, she became insecure and felt alienated from her friends. …show more content…
After Jenna tells Ethan about her past, she thinks, “What have I done? I should have kept quiet. Listened to Mother. To Lily. I want to take back every word, but it is too late”(Pearson 164). In this quote, Jenna shows regret towards telling Ethan, because she now realizes how much danger she put her family in. If Jenna were to get reported to the FSEB, her entire family would be in major trouble with the law, as they broke the point barrier five times over. In this sense, the decision by Jenna’s parents to not tell her about her past led to a decreased chance of their secret getting out, which in turn protected both Jenna and her
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